Amend HB 2912 by adding a new SECTION to read as follows:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter F, Chapter 5, Water Code is amended
by adding a new Subsection 5.2291 to read as follows:
      Sec. 5.2291.  SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. (a)  In this
section, "scientific and technical environmental services" means
services, including but not limited to engineering services, of a
scientific or technical nature the conduct of which require
technical training and professional judgment.  The term includes
modeling, risk assessment, site characterization and assessment,
studies of magnitude, source and extent of contamination,
contaminant fate and transport analysis, watershed assessment and
analysis, total maximum daily load studies, scientific data
analysis, and similar tasks.
      (b)  In contracting for scientific and technical
environmental services, the commission shall follow the procedures
for professional services selection provided the Subchapter A,
Chapter 2254, Government Code.